Strange Case From Texas
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blessmycottonsocks
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Haven't watched the video, but I thought this was a viral Internet hoax, created to promote a horror movie.
Bit like the Blair Witch.
Bit like the Blair Witch.
maximus otter
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“...many have come to the conclusion that the whole story is a viral hoax or marketing for a movie in the works. Here is what is currently known:
No obituaries or death certificates under the name “Olivia Mabel”, “Olivia Jane Mabel”, or the maiden name listed on the Aiden Mabel death certificate; “Olivia Renee Harper”.
A death certificate for Aiden Travis Mabel Jr. does exist, but its authenticity is unverified.
No family members of the Mabels have ever been interviewed or contacted for information or insight into this case. Travis Mabel is possibly the most undocumented person in the story. Some report that he moved to New England and remarried before Olivia was found but no records or social media accounts can be linked to anyone that fits his age, name, or background.
There are also very few pictures of those at the center of this story. Only one picture of Olivia is ever shown and only one photo of Aiden in used in articles about the Mabels. There are no pictures of Travis.”
maximus otter
PS: Sorry, but the page comes automatically with the link...
No obituaries or death certificates under the name “Olivia Mabel”, “Olivia Jane Mabel”, or the maiden name listed on the Aiden Mabel death certificate; “Olivia Renee Harper”.
A death certificate for Aiden Travis Mabel Jr. does exist, but its authenticity is unverified.
No family members of the Mabels have ever been interviewed or contacted for information or insight into this case. Travis Mabel is possibly the most undocumented person in the story. Some report that he moved to New England and remarried before Olivia was found but no records or social media accounts can be linked to anyone that fits his age, name, or background.
There are also very few pictures of those at the center of this story. Only one picture of Olivia is ever shown and only one photo of Aiden in used in articles about the Mabels. There are no pictures of Travis.”
maximus otter
PS: Sorry, but the page comes automatically with the link...
MrRING
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A website for the Olivia Mabel case (possibly the same as the Tumbler above):
https://oliviamabel.com/
If it were just movie marketing, where is the movie?
https://oliviamabel.com/
If it were just movie marketing, where is the movie?
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I wonder if, rather than viral marketing, stories of this type might sometimes be fishing trips, designed to see what level of interest and enthusiasm a particular plot arouses - viral market research, rather than viral marketing, I suppose. I dare say this would be a relatively cheap way of doing it, too. (And there can, of course, be years between the formulation of an original idea and any actual cinema release.)
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The odd thing about this is that I feel like I read about it online in the late 90's/early 200's, before photos were posted or anything like that. When I came across a mention of this in a podcast, I felt like I had read about it a long time ago, and not here or the Wunderkabinett, but one of my cult movie websites where we routinely talked about such cases.
I found an article that indicates that a production company did make a short film based on this, but apparently they were treating it as a real item as well (unless that was just the hype machine):
I found an article that indicates that a production company did make a short film based on this, but apparently they were treating it as a real item as well (unless that was just the hype machine):